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Inconsistent logic over dinner.
by Flat_Accent in> "you can never rely on politicians, because they will never agree on anything.".
> "we really need a new sound system, but the sharing congregations won't agree to it .
> "like the bible says, 'things going from bad to worse.'".
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Holidays
by Flat_Accent innow it's been a good 8 months since i told my parents i no longer considered myself a jw.
things have settled down to an extent but the hurt is still there - they think i'm going to die and as such are overly concerned for my safety.. in november i met a gal online and we've kept contact.
a few months ago we decided i would come to visit her for a week.
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EVERYONE IS AGNOSTIC
by Flat_Accent insince we are born in ignorance, it's the starting point for each of our journeys even if many move away from it.
some return while others never do though even these remain 'agnostic' towards leprechauns and such.
eventually we end up in the same state of ambivalence and uncertainty as when we began.. the journey is what makes a life and if yours contains a positive or negative belief in anything that's fine - so long as it causes no harm.
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Am I a Return Visit? Suggestions needed
by Flat_Accent inso there i was enjoying saturday kitchen, when i hear a rattle on the door.
i open it and who should i see but the same jw from last time, and she brought a friend with her.. in her hand was the memorial invitation, and she asked if i would come.
my words obviously didn't travel far, because she asked me again 2 minutes later.
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Pre 1914 Utopia?
by Flat_Accent inthinking back to all those talks i heard about the sign of the last days, one thing that many used as proof of christ's presence was the dramatic changes, socially and politically, which all began in 1914. in the reasoning book, a few quotes are listed:.
"looking back from the vantage point of the present we see clearly today that the outbreak of world war i ushered in a twentieth-century 'time of troubles'-in the expressive term of the british historian arnold toynbee-from which our civilization has by no means yet emerged.
directly or indirectly all the convulsions of the last half century stem back to 1914.
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Had to sit through 'Creation Reveals God's Glory'
by Flat_Accent inwith my parents last night.. i had seen the dvd before but there was an overall feeling of awkwardness when they played it this time.. they both came diving into the living room anxious to watch it, and though my mum usually gets emotional when things like this are brought up, she kept her cool and decided to lay down some "facts".
things like "we are living in the last days, and the anglo-american world power is the last one.
china will never be a world power.
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My first experience as a Householder.
by Flat_Accent inand it wasnt even on the platform!.
i got a knock on the door this morning from a jw in another local congregation.
it's the first time this has happened since i left in october.
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I don't agree with that evidence, so I'll just ignore it. . .
by Flat_Accent injust a little experience i had a while back.
thought it was funny so here we go.
(there's also a couple of links you might want to use for your own reference).